Carnival Cruise Line will swap out its local ships in 2019, including bringing in a larger ship to sail short cruises throughout the year.

Starting in May 2019, the Carnival Triumph, based in New Orleans, will be replaced by the Carnival Valor, which currently sails from Galveston, according to a news release sent Thursday (Nov. 16). Carnival has not yet announced to where the Triumph will move.

The Carnival Glory, which is now based in Miami, will move to New Orleans, replacing the larger Carnival Dream, which will move on to homeport in Galveston, Texas.

The Valor will sail a year-round schedule of four- and five-day cruises from New Orleans to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. It will be the "largest ship to offer a year-round short cruise schedule from New Orleans," the release said.

Carnival is also expanding its offerings from Galveston to include year-round short cruises. Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line, said New Orleans and Galveston are "two of our most popular and fastest-growing homeports."

The Carnival Valor has room for 2,974 passengers, roughly an 8 percent increase in capacity compared with the 2,754-passenger Triumph. The 2,980-passenger Carnival Glory, however, is smaller than the Dream, which carried up to 3,646 passengers.

Carnival expects to carry nearly 400,000 cruisers from New Orleans to destinations in the Caribbean and Mexico when the Valor and Glory arrive in 2019.

The Carnival Valor, built in 2008, recently went through a multimillion-dollar renovation that updated common areas and added a number of new food offerings to the ship, including Guy's Burger Joint, developed with celebrity chef Guy Fieri, and a SkyBox sports bar, the release said.

The Valor will sail four- and five-day cruises throughout the year. The four-day cruises will leave on Thursdays and visit Cozumel. The five-day cruises will depart Mondays and Saturdays, with stops in Cozumel and Progresso, Mexico.

An earlier version of this article incorrectly reported Carnival would be adding a year-round schedule of short cruises in New Orleans. The cruise line currently operates short cruises throughout the year.

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